New preprint out of the lab natural variation in pollen heat susceptibility in Mimulus. Key finding: An restricted alpine endemic species, Mimulus tilingii, has universally high pollen susceptibility, while the widespread M. guttatus is much more variable. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Heat stress reveals divergent pollen viability responses across species and populations of monkeyflower

Premise Rising temperatures can reduce plant reproductive success by disrupting pollen development, yet little is known about how reproductive heat sensitivity varies among natural populations. We eva...

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Monash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.

Mid-Michigan Fall Phenology Watch Day 1.

Interesting “resurrection experiment” with flowers by @gbaucom.bsky.social and colleagues shows emergent constraint and environmental mismatch over a decade. Their conclusion: not great for climate adaptation academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

A resurrection experiment reveals reduced adaptive potential in a common agricultural weed

Adaptive evolution is essential for populations facing rapid anthropogenic change, yet realized evolutionary responses often fall short of expectations. Us

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My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...

Why I am not reading your AI-generated email

I hope this email finds you well-aligned

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I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150

Postdoctoral Researcher

The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...

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Ethan Linck@elinck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

grateful to have received the lab's first NSF grant to study cyclical processes of speciation with new theory and tools (applied to Melanesian birds). ad to come, but I'll be looking for a postdoc with computational biology chops—please reach out! (and repost) www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

Rice University invites applications for multiple tenured and tenure-track positions at the senior and junior levels in #EnvironmentalHealth. Join our team! apply.interfolio.com/193813

The UGA Genetics Department is hiring! Please help spread the word. We have an opening for an Associate Professor/Professor in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and Biological Engineering. See ad for details – and join us here in Athens, GA!

The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783

As is so often the case, I feel like Star Trek, and particularly The Next Generation, presents the best model for how humanity can coexist with AI systems. The Federation ship computers are basically more powerful versions of the LLMs we have today (give me a little rope here).

Are there key discoveries made with spatial RNA seq? Or what are your favorite spatial rna seq papers? Pls reski!

Hot take: I agree with this list.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The monkeyflowers, including all those things we call Mimulus, have now been collapsed (along with some other small families) into the Orobanchaceae. This lumper couldn’t be happier. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Large‐scale nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses inform an updated Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification: APG V

We present here a revision of the APG classification that considers the extensive recent analyses of hundreds of nuclear and plastid genes for many angiosperm species. Although previous versions of t...

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We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States

Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...

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MSU is looking for the next Director of AgBioResearch! This position is an upper admin admin position and the successful candidate will report to the Associate Provost and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. wittkieffer.com/positions/a1...

Happy Equinox. May you all have a wonderful fall.

Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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#MSU labs. If you haven't seen it, new warning from IPF about possible power surge sometime between midnight and 3 am. Unplug sensitive equipment if not on surge protector! I'll copy email below.

The AI Discourse in Academia is Toxic. It Doesn’t have to be. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/the-ai-dis...

The AI Discourse in Academia is Toxic. It Doesn’t have to be.

You are allowed to have a nuanced opinion about AI

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Power is thankfully back at least to our section of MSU. Was getting dicey there as people were scrambling to shove dry ice into freezers.

David Lowry@davidlowry.bsky.social · 3w ago

A widespread power outage is currently affecting the Michigan State University campus. Many science buildings are reportedly without power, and freezers and fridges are warming up. #MSU

Power still unfortunately down at MSU. A few -80 freezers starting to go into the -40s.

David Lowry@davidlowry.bsky.social · 3w ago

A widespread power outage is currently affecting the Michigan State University campus. Many science buildings are reportedly without power, and freezers and fridges are warming up. #MSU

Just emerged from the power outage zone to find internet. Power still down as of ten minutes ago.

David Lowry@davidlowry.bsky.social · 3w ago

A widespread power outage is currently affecting the Michigan State University campus. Many science buildings are reportedly without power, and freezers and fridges are warming up. #MSU

A widespread power outage is currently affecting the Michigan State University campus. Many science buildings are reportedly without power, and freezers and fridges are warming up. #MSU

RIP. Such Reveries was the first dance song at my wedding. Spring Awakening was also the first show I ever saw on Broadway. Amazing talent. Will be missed.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

Breaking News: Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter who traded pop stardom for Broadway as the composer of “Spring Awakening,” has died at 56.

Big Congratulations to @madisonplunkert.bsky.social !!!!

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌿 Congratulations to the 2026 Donald R. Kaplan Dissertation Award in Comparative Morphology recipients, Austin T. Nguyen (Univ. of Kansas) & Madison Plunkert (Michigan State)! The award supports PhD research advancing comparative plant morphology. #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW

Plant Colleagues! Open job for Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC) at UT Austin. A great job for anyone addressing fundamental questions in evolution of plants and a commitment to herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. apply.interfolio.com/193263

Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474

Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes - including microbes! faculty.utexas.edu/career/191568

Awesome!!!! Congrats Jenn!!!

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌿 Congratulations to Dr. Jenn Coughlan (Yale University), recipient of the 2026 BSA Emerging Leader Award! We're honored to recognize them as a rising star in our community. 👏 Learn more at www.botany.org (click Awards). #BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW